3 prospects the Jags should consider trading up for in 2018 draft

As we’ve seen in the past, sometimes opportunities arise for a team to trade up in the draft and land a player who could brighten their horizons and turn things around. Despite having a great season and a talented roster, the Jacksonville Jaguars are a team who could still use a few more players of that mold to help eventually take them to the Super Bowl. That in mind, if for some reason they considered trading up in the first-round this year, here are three players who may be worth it:

Roquan Smith, LB, Georgia

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I’ll start by saying the Jags don’t necessarily need to trade down for Smith and have more pressing needs on offense, but man is he an impressive player. If the front office wants to give Blake Bortles another crack at going to the Super Bowl, why not just build the most freakish defense ever, right? As it stands, they already have what is arguably the fastest linebacker duo in Telvin Smith and Myles Jack, but adding Smith would likely make them the fastest trio. He’d also give them an option who can stay on the field all three downs and line up with the freakish tigh ends of the NFL.

With Paul Posluszny’s contract expiring in March, the Jags could look to solidify their starters at linebacker in the draft or free agency. And though it would be more of a luxury pick, Smith is talented enough for any team to trade up in today’s pass-happy league. Adding him into the Jags’ defensive lineup would simply be a case of the rich getting richer.

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